钱龙锡微微皱眉：

“成大人，这个价格是否太低了些？”

“且不说那些家资丰厚的勛贵外戚，便是温体仁、王永光他们，恐怕也未必会跟从。”

李標点头道：

“若他们肆意抬价，难道就眼睁睁看著仙缘落入彼等之手？

侯恂也明白其中利害，闷声道：

“五百两，怕是连外戚都爭不过。”

成基命似乎早有预料：

“故今夜会后，便需立刻派人，將我等决议通传所有东林友臣，务必统一步调。至於温体仁那边……”

他顿了顿，看向韩爌和周延儒：

“道不同，但在此事上，或可一致。”

韩爌思忖过后，表示同意：

“他们那边，想必也不愿见到仙丹价格哄抬，白白让內帑充盈。可派人暗中沟通，共同控价。”

侯恂当即拍手叫好：

“只要我东林与温体仁一系联手，下边的官员，还有几个敢不顾死活，去出那风头高价？

李標沉吟片刻，点了点头：

“成大人此议，老成谋国。为长远计，为清誉计，確不宜在银钱上与勛戚商贾爭锋。”

周延儒摸了摸头上的帽子，阴惻惻地道：

“就按成大人说的办吧。”

成基命见眾人达成一致，一锤定音道：

“既然如此，事不宜迟。诸位即刻行动，务必將此意传达至每一位友人府上。明日皇极殿，我等共进退！”

眾人纷纷起身离去，分头奔向京城各个方向的官员宅邸。

而街角马车內的崇禎帝，缓缓收回灵识，嘴角勾起一抹带著浓浓讥讽的笑意。

“清流？气节？廉洁奉公？”

对不知全貌的大明士子来说，或许如此。

但对拥有前前世记忆的朱幽涧。

呵呵。

这些东林党人，表面上冠冕堂皇，忧国忧民。

实则不过是精於算计，既想当婊子又想立牌坊罢了。

所谓的清廉形象，很大程度是在与腐败透顶的魏忠贤阉党进行斗爭时，被“反派”塑造衬托出来的。

加之清初编纂《明史》时，出於特定的政治需要，对东林党多有褒扬，进一步固化了这一错误印象。

剥开这层光鲜的外衣，绝大多数东林党人，出身於江南地主家庭。

他们的根基，是遍布苏松常杭嘉湖等地的万顷良田。

江南是此时大明的经济命脉所在。

纺织、制瓷、漕运、盐业、海外贸易极其发达，財富积累惊人。

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许多东林党人的家族，直接或间接涉足这些利润丰厚的工商业，或与新兴的市民阶层、工商业主有著千丝万缕的联繫。

例如，东林领袖顾宪成、高攀龙。

再例如，钱龙锡本人就是松江府士绅，与江南利益集团血肉相连，在內阁代表江南的直接利益。

但东林党的基本盘，与其说江南，实际是遍布全国的士绅地主。

例如韩爌、李標。

虽是北方人，却与江南士绅同属一个社会阶层，根本利益一致，这才会积极反对“与民爭利”，强调“藏富於民”。

——这里的“民”，指的是工商业主与士绅，而非黎民百姓。

如今，面对长生仙缘，他们首先考虑的，並非如何强国力、灭外患；

而是如何维护清流形象，如何在这场利益博弈中不吃亏、不露富。